I didn't really paid much attention to the itinerary as even if I read it, I still don't know that place till I visited it, except the West Lake of Hangzhou and some places in Shanghai. Thus, I was excited when the tour guide announced we are going to visit Dr.Sun-Yat-Sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, which is the final resting place of the founding father of modern China. And, he also mentioned that we gotta hike a mountain trail for about 45 minutes to reach there. I was like...what ... hiking under the cold weather of 3 celsius to 5 celsius? He gotta be kidding! Though I can managed it, how my kids and wifey going to do it, as well as some elderly folks and other small kids there? Then I realised he was pulling our legs but that was the case in the older times. Now, they have some vehicles that look like amusement park trains, to drive us up to the entrance gate of the mausoleum park. That saved us 30 mins of walking with a small damage of RMB 20 per ticket. LOL
I did some research and the mausoleum is situated at the foot of the second peak of Mount Zijin in Nanjing. In fact, this was the place where I finally saw a lot of mountains. I hardly see any before that in Hangzhou, Yiwu, Suzhou and Haining except lots of canals and lakes. Once we reached the entrance gate, it was a 15 - 20 mins walk to the mausoleum, at the beautiful and clean park.
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| Riding the bus on the way to the mausoleum. It was a beautiful and cool view. I saw folks hiking up too! |
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| Reached the entrance and we gotta walk now. |
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| Beautiful nature and trees along the pathway |
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| Reached the first gate to the mausoleum. It will be a flight of stairs now, all the way up. |
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| Lots of folks and tourists taking pictures |
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| Flight of stairs leading up to the mausoleum. It can be tiring, even for me ..hahaha.. probably due to lack of rest too. |
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| Another nearer view to the gate ... lots of folks around! |
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| I look back at the previous gate. |
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| Almost there ... few more stairs to climb in the cold weather, though the Sun is shining brightly. |
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| One of the decor at the top |
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| The full view of the gate to the mausoluem |
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| Beautiful bonsai lookalike trees decorating the outside of the mausoleum |
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| A pillar standing majestically at the top |
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| Some of trees are almost 100 years old!! |
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| A side view shot of the mausoleum |
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| A view from above ... we can see Nanjing city at the top |
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| Walking back along the pathway. It was a beautiful sight! |
It was great to pay a visit to a great man in history who has his memorial halls around the world. I also listen to the stories of the Soong sisters which was told by the tour guide. Well, after the visit, we went to Nanjing City area for our dinner.
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| It was another clean place and polices are around to guard the area |
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| We had their famous duck noodles, with duck-blood cubes and vermicelli. Not my type of food anyway...LOL .. but it was a specialty there. |
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| Xiao Long Pau |
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| Cold duck meat |
